Surgical instrument.



No. 866,995. PATENI'BD SEPT. 24, 1907.

I'. 'I'. WRIGHT.

SURGICAL INS'I'RUMEN'I.1

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15.1907.

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of the United States, residing at Douglas, in the county preferably oi the same diam'eter asthe ,tube 1,-' and p'ro`v "vided at one endfwith a reduced portion 9, which .is

screw thr'eaded, whereby the plug may be screwed' in, theend ofthettube.' At the end of the plug', oppositeLlf the fred'uced portion-"19; I` preferably "producean e larged milled headIO, whereby the plug maybe readwherever it occurs, Fig-ure'1s a perspectiveview of the devicein itsl closedfcondition; Fig. 2 is a-central longitudinal section o'fFig. I, ,and Fig. 3 is a perspec-v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK T.. WRIGHT, OF DOUGLAS, ARIZONA TERRITORY.

. SURGICAL INSTRUMENT.

To all 'whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, FREDERICKT. WRIGHT, a citizen of Cochise and Territory of Arizona,- have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Surgical Instru-v ments, of which theI following is aspecification.-

My invention relates to certain newland useful improvements in rst aid packages, and the object of my' invention is to' providea device which can b e conveniently carried inthe pocketgand which is ,particu-v larly-adapted for the treatment of wounds in ic'ted by venomous snakes or the like. A

By my'invention. I'vhave provided a device which -is simple in construction, composed of few parts, is durable and which can be conveniently carried by' any person; at' the sametime .the device can be openedv withoutdelay..

Referring tothe drawings wherein I show the. preferred form of my invention and wherein the same part ris designated vby the same vreference numeral tive -View. of the parts'thereof separated.4

l .designates a tube which is'formed of any suitable metal, and. provided'with'a transverse .partition 2 di? viding the tube into two compartments 3 and 4. Each endjof the tube on vits 'interior-isscrew threaded as Acompartment v3. Preferably, and 'as shown,v this plug tube gestiegenen the pm g is screweddown tightly in placefofms a'tightjont,

-ipecication of Letters Patent. Applioationled J une 15,1907. Serial No. 379,210.

"Patentis i 1 The combination. with -a tube hdaving' a partition.

Patented sept. 24, 1907.

*ily unscrewed fro'lnthe end of the tube, Secured `to the end of the' reduced portion 9 ofthe plug is a lance l1.

In the operation of my device the compartment 3 is filled with an antidote for the venom oi the particular reptile which is feared, such `for instance, for rattle snakes, as a mixture of permanganate" of potash and sulfateof: stychnine. The plug 6 is now secured in the compartment end of the tube closing the compartment and the plug 8 onwhich the lance is mountedis secured in" place in the other end. .The -device can -now be carried inthe pocket, and when a. `person is bitten the plug 8 is unscrewed from the tube and the lance used'to scarify the wound -and cause a free flow` ,of blood therefrom. The I other ,end oi the tube' is then opened,- and the, antidote4 taken out and rubbed into the wound.

While I have described what I believe .to be the.

preferred form of my invention; I desire to have it 4understood thatmanychanges may be made in the form,

construction'and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit ofvmy'inventiom What I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters therein dividing the' same into two compartmente,'of -a plug ing-a lance i-inserted" into the compartment 4 closediby said vplug, and' -a plug inserted into' and closing theend of the other compartment 'whereby the same is adapted to contain a remedy.A v

2.-'ihe combination with-a tube liavinga partition therein dividing thesame into two compartments, 'the-ends of the tube being'intrnaliy screwthreaded, of s plugprc l for closing the end of one of said compartmentsand carryvlde'dwith a screw threaded end, a lance vmounted on the ping; said ping being adapted to be inserted into one end'.

of said tubeinto oneofftn'e compartments and to c loseA the endf'of thesa'me a screw threadedping adapted to be of the same; wnerepyrne other"pmpartmsneisaaapeto' contain a reni'edy. 

